LCDProc 0.5.4-dev

fireman039

Hi Michele,

I get this after mods :

$lcd_cmds[] = "output 11110000"; OFF RED RED RED
$lcd_cmds[] = "output 00001111"; GREEN RED OFF GREEN
$lcd_cmds[] = "output 11111111"; RED ORANGE GREEN GREEN
$lcd_cmds[] = "output 10101010"; OFF OFF RED GREEN
$lcd_cmds[] = "output 01010101"; OFF RED OFF GREEN

$lcd_cmds[] = "output 1"; OFF OFF OFF GREEN
$lcd_cmds[] = "output 2"; OFF OFF GREEN OFF
$lcd_cmds[] = "output 3"; OFF OFF GREEN GREEN
$lcd_cmds[] = "output 4"; OFF GREEN OFF OFF
$lcd_cmds[] = "output 5"; OFF GREEN OFF GREEN
$lcd_cmds[] = "output 6"; OFF GREEN GREEN OFF
$lcd_cmds[] = "output 7"; OFF GREEN GREEN GREEN
$lcd_cmds[] = "output 8"; GREEN OFF OFF OFF

I will do some test tomorrow (I must go to work)

Regards

mdima

hehe! yes, I was thinking about it and suggesting to use the decimal values… you got it before me!

so, we understood how it works... the matter now is: what do we do with this 4 green-red-orange leds?

DaHak

great work, thanks!

it is possible to add the driver for the ax89063 Display?
It is used e.g. by NA-820 (http://axiomtek.com/products/ViewProduct.asp?view=429)

it would be great for me :-)

thanks!

fireman039

@mdima:

hehe! yes, I was thinking about it and suggesting to use the decimal values… you got it before me!

so, we understood how it works... the matter now is: what do we do with this 4 green-red-orange leds?

Hello,

With the led's we can report the statut of Wan and Lan, 1 led can de assigned to load of the system (ON if load = xx) and one for CPU= xx

This led can be used to act as an "alarm" report status.

Regards

Cino

great work mdima! Now I need to get bigger display. Using a 20x2 right now but its built into the case I'm using.

mdima

@DaHak:

great work, thanks!
it is possible to add the driver for the ax89063 Display?
It is used e.g. by NA-820 (http://axiomtek.com/products/ViewProduct.asp?view=429)
it would be great for me :-)
thanks!

Hi, there are a couple of drivers around for that display, but it is not included in the LCDProc distribution. We could add it as an "external driver" like the nexcom driver.

Can you compile it on FreeBSD (x86)? In this case I could just add the file you send me (ax89063.so) and add the option to use it in the code…

Ciao,
Michele

mdima

@fireman039:

With the led's we can report the statut of Wan and Lan, 1 led can de assigned to load of the system (ON if load = xx) and one for CPU= xx
This led can be used to act as an "alarm" report status.
Regards

yes, I agree!
but the number of NICs can really vary, belive me… I would use:

a led for nics status (if one nic is unplugged gets red, if it's plugged gets green)
a led for carp status (off=no carp, green=at least one ip in master, red=at least one ip in backup)
a led for cpu (green < 50%, orange >50 && <70, red >70%)
a led for what?

DaHak

@mdima:

Hi, there are a couple of drivers around for that display, but it is not included in the LCDProc distribution. We could add it as an "external driver" like the nexcom driver.

Can you compile it on FreeBSD (x86)? In this case I could just add the file you send me (ax89063.so) and add the option to use it in the code…

Ciao,
Michele

Unfortunately, I can not compile because I'ḿ to stupid to do this :-) and I have no experience in OpenBSD too :-/

thanks

mdima

@Cino:

great work mdima! Now I need to get bigger display. Using a 20x2 right now but its built into the case I'm using.

Thanks a lot! Hope to get more users and feedback in order to pass this work from "-dev" to the production package!

mdima

@DaHak:

Unfortunately, I can not compile because I'ḿ to stupid to do this :-) and I have no experience in OpenBSD too :-/
thanks

come on, then I was stupid too till the last month, because I never did it before… :D also, I don't have that vm anymore... and, just to demonstrate how few experience I have, it is FreeBSD, not OpenBSD! (hope I did not hurt anyone with that).

anyway, I hope someone that reads this message after the loud laugh, maybe can get a compiled version... if not I will recreate the vm and try do to it...

fireman039

@mdima:

@fireman039:

With the led's we can report the statut of Wan and Lan, 1 led can de assigned to load of the system (ON if load = xx) and one for CPU= xx
This led can be used to act as an "alarm" report status.
Regards

yes, I agree!
but the number of NICs can really vary, belive me… I would use:

a led for nics status (if one nic is unplugged gets red, if it's plugged gets green)

a led for carp status (off=no carp, green=at least one ip in master, red=at least one ip in backup)

a led for cpu (green < 50%, orange >50 && <70, red >70%)

a led for what?

-a led for DynDns status is possible ?

marcelloc

-a led for DynDns status is possible ?

A led for all services running ok isn't better?

mdima

@marcelloc:

-a led for DynDns status is possible ?

A led for all services running ok isn't better?

could be… as more "general" we stay, as better it is...

the funny thing is that I don't have any led on my panels, so it will be a mess to develop/debug... :D

mdima

Ah, one thing.

Yesterday I solved a problem that was dragging since a lot of time. Now when you change the program's settings or reinstall the package it is not necessary anymore to make sure the lcdproc service is stopped.
In this case the service is stopped and eventually restarted.

I invite all the people using lcdproc-dev to reinstall the package (I didn't create a new version, I will do it when there will be something more to update).

Thanks,
Michele

fireman039

@mdima:

@marcelloc:

-a led for DynDns status is possible ?

A led for all services running ok isn't better?

could be… as more "general" we stay, as better it is...

the funny thing is that I don't have any led on my panels, so it will be a mess to develop/debug... :D

Ok, you are right, the status of gateway could be be better ?
and I understand it's not easy develo with display with no led.

Another request 8)
It's possible to add an option to turn OFF the backlight ? (autotimer) and should be ON if one key of LCD is pressed ?

Regards

mdima

@fireman039:

Ok, you are right, the status of gateway could be be better ?
and I understand it's not easy develo with display with no led.

yes… today is my last day before my "winter break", I will work on it on my return in January. Another funny thing is that the update to 2.0.1 was released today, also this will wait for my return! :D

@fireman039:

Another request 8)
It's possible to add an option to turn OFF the backlight ? (autotimer) and should be ON if one key of LCD is pressed ?

AFAIK it's not possible… it is possible to turn off the backlight, but not to set a "stand-by" mode...

fireman039

The Winter break is only in two days Grrrrr:' >:(

I do the update 2.01 few minutes ago….

For backlight, it's not possible to send "a command" when we press a key ? to turn backlight on :'(

mdima

@fireman039:

The Winter break is only in two days Grrrrr:' >:(
I do the update 2.01 few minutes ago….
For backlight, it's not possible to send "a command" when we press a key ? :'(

AFAIK unfortunately not… I was double-checking the documentation:
http://lcdproc.sourceforge.net/docs/lcdproc-0-5-5-user.html#server-section

jpsb

Cool update!

Works fine with my U204FB-A1 - from http://www.lcdmodkit.com

Driver -USB2LCD
Controller - HD44780

Thanks for a great update

JPSB

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PFSense 2.0.1
alix2d13
4Gb CF-card
MiniPCI vpn1411 encryption accelerator
U204FB-A1 20x4 Display
19'' DualRack System 1U

PFsense 2.0.1
Asus Hummibird AtomD525
4Gb Ram
250Gb HD
U204FB-A1 20x4 Display
19" Rack 1.5U

mdima

@jpsb:

Cool update!
Works fine with my U204FB-A1 - from http://www.lcdmodkit.com
Driver -USB2LCD
Controller - HD44780
Thanks for a great update

Hi JPSB, you are welcome, thank you for reporting us!

Only one thing I don't understand: are you using the driver "HD44780" in the package setup page or you have installed the driver "usb2lcd" by yourself?

Thanks,
Michele